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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 621-6

The following are eligible for direct subsidies:1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted;2° Audiovisual works in the fiction and creative documentary genres…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child.

Article L1225-67

…ployment.The employee is then given priority for re-employment for a period of one year in the jobs to which his or her qualifications entitle him or her.In the event of re-employment, the employer wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child.

Article L1225-68

An employee who is rehired by the company in application of article L. 1225-67 is entitled to vocational training, particularly in the event of a change in techniques or working methods.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child.

Article L1225-66

In order to bring up their child, employees may terminate their employment contract at the end of their maternity or adoption leave or, as the case may be, two months after the birth or arrival in the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article D341-6

The rules relating to rights of way affecting private properties bordering the public maritime domain are set by the provisions of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONTENT OF PROTECTION

Article L561-6

When unaccompanied minors are granted asylum protection, measures are taken as soon as possible to ensure their legal representation. In all decisions concerning him or her, particularly with regard t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L831-6

In French Guyana, the public prosecutor may, in the course of the investigation or if no court has been seised or when the court seised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the fate…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article R591-6

…the level of asylum applications recorded over a period of three months justifies this with regard to the particular characteristics and constraints of the collectivity, the minister responsible for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Work involving exposure to radiation

Article D4152-6

It is prohibited to assign or maintain a pregnant woman in a workstation requiring a category A classification within the meaning of Article R. 4451-57.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article R341-6

A failure by the lender to comply with the formalities prescribed in article L. 312-32 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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